If this is a hack, then so is replacing any PCI or for that matter ISA card in any old box.
Since the "card" is socketed and has screws, it's obviously made to be removed. Because of this, I wouldn't call it a hack at all.
It's more like "someone didn't mid risking killing their expensive laptop trying to see if they could put another laptop's graphics 'card' in it, and it worked."
No, the real problem is that by the time you graduate and have enough money to buy all those toys, all the stuff on your list will be obsolete, especially high-tech stuff.
Sure, you can rip your books to shreds, but doing that comes with the understanding that the book is no longer the same book.
For a fair comparison, you'd have to edit the movie yourself, which is not what we're talking about here.
Allowing this would allow others to become the director, thereby negating the director's role in the production of the film. Why not just let the cameras roll and let the actors do their thing, with no direction whatsoever? Then, some shmoe in Utah who I've never heard of can decide all of those pesky little nuances that make or break a film.
Get real. The director is there to direct. He has a certain vision of the film, and it should be seen as he intended.
I wonder if I can buy stock in the local fire department. Does anyone else think that devices designed to burn materials (in this case bread) being left unattended, to be controlled remotely is inherently a bad idea?
And by that logic, noone should care about Microsoft beig allowed to install and remove software from your computer, right? After all, it doesn't effect anything until Microsoft actually uses it, right?
The problem is that the technology is there. For instance, say the v-chips come with a default setting to block "z" rated shows. All someone (big-bro, et al.) would have to do is mark a show with a "z" rating and poof, you can't see it.
A lot of people forget one of the most important instances of situations like this, the v-chip in your TV. That's what control's the locking feature whereby you can restrict viewing to certain shows. Theoretically, I suppose big bro could block whatever he wanted this way.
I don't hear anyone complaining about this chip anymore, even though I assume it's in all new TVs sold inthe US nowadays.
First of all, it's not the developers who lie most likely, but that's just nitpicking. It's probably the marketing people.
But anyway, they probably lie for the same reasons that Microsoft disabled OS calls necessary for a bootloader to function.
***They don't want you to boot PalmOS, or WinCE, or whatever off the device and install something else.***
I'm not into MSoft bashing, but even I can't deny this one. They did it, plain and simple. And now it appears that Handspring may be using similar tactics.
I know it sucks for those of us who like to install alternative OS's on our PDAs, but on the other hand, I can also understand why it doesn't really fit into their business model.
Just think of it as Ford welding their cars' engines in place, so you couldn't easily swap the engine for a different one.
If you want to easily use an alternative OS on your PDA, here's the best options in no particular order, IMO:
Ipaq Zaurus Agenda VR-3 Old WinCE device and NetBSD
THere are probably others, but it's too early to think.
And furthermore, anyone who uses Google, or any search engine to determine what is deep and meaningful needs to turn off his computer, and get a little fresh air and sunshine for a while.
This is all good and well, but you're missing the point.
Do you pay for junk snail mail? Nope. Not one cent. Do you pay for email? You bet. Every stinking peice of it, you pay for with your internet connection charges. Why should spammers be able to waste our bandwidth, which we have to pay for?
And naturally, this only works if everyone's honest.
Do you trust everyone....and I mean everyone you've ever sent email to? I sure don't. Say you're unemployed or otherwise need some dough...Just mark a bunch of email as spam and viola, instant cash.
This is not "All you can eat". The connections are capped. If they're not, then it's the telco's dumb fault. Don't give me farrari and expect me to drive 30MPH all day.
How do you think those snazzy recordings got made? The record company put up the money to make them.
How do you think they got the chance to record in a world-class studio, with multi-million dollar equipment? The record company put up the money to record it.
How do you think they were able to shoot a fancy video? The record company put up the money to shoot it.
How do you think they were able to print all those CDs? The record company put up the money to print them.
I'm not saying that the artists shouldn't get paid more. I'm just saying that you have to understand that the record label has considerable expense in most of these situations.
I'm not trying to disrespect anyone, so don't get me wrong, but....
Saying something like: ...how visual our world is becoming, possibly leaving the visually-disabled behind... doesn't really make much sense to me.
Of course our world is visual. Humans have eyes. Well, most of us do anyway. The point is, most of us can see just fine, so it's no surprise that our world is overly visual.
It just sounds to me like we're supposed to feel guilty for something, but we haven't done anything wrong. Yes, we're a visual society. If we weren't, then being visually impaired wouldn't be an impairment would it?
It seems to me that the web designers aren't the ones ignoring standards, but rather the web-browser designers (programmers).
According to this, the browser of choice is decidedly IE. The reasons behind these statistics are not relevant here in the least, so don't even go there. The fact is, most people use IE browsers, so naturally, most designers design with IE foremost in their mind.
If Netscape, Opera, Mozzila, etc. manage to get the majority of the user-base somehow, I'm sure that web designers will naturally sway their designs to those browsers.
You can't logically blame this on the designers. Instead blame it on the browser makers for not complying with standards, and blame it on alternative browser makers for failing to make people want to switch.
On another note, I'm really pissed that the current highway system doesn't better accommodate my motorcycle. It's smaller, lighter, faster, cleaner, and better in every way than those big ugly cars, but the road designers just continue to design roads with cars in mind....get the point?
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"CmdrTaco checks my posts for spalling errors"
Uhh....how owuld one go about suing a rock, anyway?
Read the post.
"...India is planning an unmanned mission to Luna..."
This can't be compared to landing humans on the moon.
If this is a hack, then so is replacing any PCI or for that matter ISA card in any old box.
Since the "card" is socketed and has screws, it's obviously made to be removed. Because of this, I wouldn't call it a hack at all.
It's more like "someone didn't mid risking killing their expensive laptop trying to see if they could put another laptop's graphics 'card' in it, and it worked."
No, the real problem is that by the time you graduate and have enough money to buy all those toys, all the stuff on your list will be obsolete, especially high-tech stuff.
I gave up list making a long time ago.
What was that old saying?
Something like "give 100 monkeys with typewriters enough time, and they WILL produce the complete works of Shakespeare."
You should do it.
Really, it sounds like a good idea. I'd watch it.
Go get a patent/copyright on it before someone comes along and makes millions off your idea.
Spammers lie and cheat!!!!
Imagine that!
Sure, you can rip your books to shreds, but doing that comes with the understanding that the book is no longer the same book.
For a fair comparison, you'd have to edit the movie yourself, which is not what we're talking about here.
Allowing this would allow others to become the director, thereby negating the director's role in the production of the film. Why not just let the cameras roll and let the actors do their thing, with no direction whatsoever? Then, some shmoe in Utah who I've never heard of can decide all of those pesky little nuances that make or break a film.
Get real. The director is there to direct. He has a certain vision of the film, and it should be seen as he intended.
Let's see...
Automatic toasters, accessible over a network...
I wonder if I can buy stock in the local fire department. Does anyone else think that devices designed to burn materials (in this case bread) being left unattended, to be controlled remotely is inherently a bad idea?
Uhhh, well yeah.
And by that logic, noone should care about Microsoft beig allowed to install and remove software from your computer, right? After all, it doesn't effect anything until Microsoft actually uses it, right?
The problem is that the technology is there. For instance, say the v-chips come with a default setting to block "z" rated shows. All someone (big-bro, et al.) would have to do is mark a show with a "z" rating and poof, you can't see it.
A lot of people forget one of the most important instances of situations like this, the v-chip in your TV. That's what control's the locking feature whereby you can restrict viewing to certain shows. Theoretically, I suppose big bro could block whatever he wanted this way.
I don't hear anyone complaining about this chip anymore, even though I assume it's in all new TVs sold inthe US nowadays.
Unfortunately, I think this is becoming the new business model.
Instead of:
1. Great new product
2. ???
3. Success!
We're seeing:
1. Can't think up great new product.
2. Get patent for something completely rediculous.
3. Sue everyone in town.
4. Success!
Modded down for such an anti-ms comment, posted on /.?
I doubt it.
You may be right.
I've never owned a Handspring or Palm, so I can't comment. I was just going by prior experience.
First of all, it's not the developers who lie most likely, but that's just nitpicking. It's probably the marketing people.
But anyway, they probably lie for the same reasons that Microsoft disabled OS calls necessary for a bootloader to function.
***They don't want you to boot PalmOS, or WinCE, or whatever off the device and install something else.***
I'm not into MSoft bashing, but even I can't deny this one. They did it, plain and simple. And now it appears that Handspring may be using similar tactics.
I know it sucks for those of us who like to install alternative OS's on our PDAs, but on the other hand, I can also understand why it doesn't really fit into their business model.
Just think of it as Ford welding their cars' engines in place, so you couldn't easily swap the engine for a different one.
If you want to easily use an alternative OS on your PDA, here's the best options in no particular order, IMO:
Ipaq
Zaurus
Agenda VR-3
Old WinCE device and NetBSD
THere are probably others, but it's too early to think.
Sounds like the script kiddies of the microbiology world.
They just took ready-made, off the shelf parts & put them together
And furthermore, anyone who uses Google, or any search engine to determine what is deep and meaningful needs to turn off his computer, and get a little fresh air and sunshine for a while.
This is all good and well, but you're missing the point.
Do you pay for junk snail mail? Nope. Not one cent. Do you pay for email? You bet. Every stinking peice of it, you pay for with your internet connection charges. Why should spammers be able to waste our bandwidth, which we have to pay for?
And naturally, this only works if everyone's honest.
Do you trust everyone....and I mean everyone you've ever sent email to? I sure don't. Say you're unemployed or otherwise need some dough...Just mark a bunch of email as spam and viola, instant cash.
Nice try, but I wouldn't use it.
This is not "All you can eat". The connections are capped. If they're not, then it's the telco's dumb fault. Don't give me farrari and expect me to drive 30MPH all day.
Amen, brother...That just about summs it up.
Umm...who the hell are you?
These people are not being 'put together' by anyone.
They will work on whatever project they want to.
Just to play devil's advocate here:
How do you think those snazzy recordings got made?
The record company put up the money to make them.
How do you think they got the chance to record in a world-class studio, with multi-million dollar equipment?
The record company put up the money to record it.
How do you think they were able to shoot a fancy video?
The record company put up the money to shoot it.
How do you think they were able to print all those CDs?
The record company put up the money to print them.
I'm not saying that the artists shouldn't get paid more. I'm just saying that you have to understand that the record label has considerable expense in most of these situations.
I'm not trying to disrespect anyone, so don't get me wrong, but....
...how visual our world is becoming, possibly leaving the visually-disabled behind...
Saying something like:
doesn't really make much sense to me.
Of course our world is visual. Humans have eyes. Well, most of us do anyway. The point is, most of us can see just fine, so it's no surprise that our world is overly visual.
It just sounds to me like we're supposed to feel guilty for something, but we haven't done anything wrong. Yes, we're a visual society. If we weren't, then being visually impaired wouldn't be an impairment would it?
It seems to me that the web designers aren't the ones ignoring standards, but rather the web-browser designers (programmers).
According to this, the browser of choice is decidedly IE. The reasons behind these statistics are not relevant here in the least, so don't even go there. The fact is, most people use IE browsers, so naturally, most designers design with IE foremost in their mind.
If Netscape, Opera, Mozzila, etc. manage to get the majority of the user-base somehow, I'm sure that web designers will naturally sway their designs to those browsers.
You can't logically blame this on the designers. Instead blame it on the browser makers for not complying with standards, and blame it on alternative browser makers for failing to make people want to switch.
On another note, I'm really pissed that the current highway system doesn't better accommodate my motorcycle. It's smaller, lighter, faster, cleaner, and better in every way than those big ugly cars, but the road designers just continue to design roads with cars in mind....get the point?